The two gun Kansas Kid character was created in 1948 by
Angelo Saccarello
and graphically by Carlo Cossio.
Supposedly the son of the famous Wild Bill Hickok and an
Indian Sioux, the Kansas Kid is a gunslinger who, after avenging his father's
death, lives exciting adventures together with his inseparable companion Furth.
His deeds and adventures were presented in the first 10 books of the first
series were written by Angelo Saccarello and drawn by Carlo Cossio were
published from January 1 to March 4, 1948. The series was published by ADC at
the Publishing House Ippocampo Editions in Milan, Italy.
A brief non-fiction introduction by Luciano Tamagnini
begins the comic book.
The first year of first publication was 1948. #1 was
published January 1, 1948 to #100 November 27, 1949. The second series ran from
December 4, 1949 to December 2, 1950
Carlo Cossio was born on January 1, 1907 in Udine, Italy
and was an Italian animator and cartoonist.
Carlo had two brothers: Gino and Vittorio. He began his
career creating, together with Vittorio, some animated short films, starting in
1928.
Later he dedicated himself to comics, working in the
Cartoccino dei Piccoli; later the fascist regime censured all the foreign
comics, and Carlo Cossio was among the authors who created the Italian heroes; which
gained fame in 1938 with Dick Fulmine (scripted by Vincenzo Baggioli),
published in L'Audace, to which he continues to work until 1955.
Carlo created many other characters including: Furio
Almirante (1940), Tanks, the Man of Steel (1945), Kansas Kid (1947), Buffalo
Bill (1951).
He also drew stories for Gim Toro and, among the last
works before his death on August 10, 1964, in Milan, Italy.
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